美洲的发现一般是指哥伦布。

The discovery of America is generally referred to Columbus.

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据说哥伦布发现了美国。

It is generally said that Columbus discovered America.

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哥伦布获得了发现美洲的殊荣，但对于他是否真的发现美洲，人们仍然争论不休。

Columbus gets the glory of discovering America, but it's up to debate if he did discover it.

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What Columbus had done for geography, Machiavelli claims he will do for politics.

马奇亚维利声称哥伦布的地理大发现，就像他的，“政治“大发现。

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So, Columbus gets the glory of discovering America but it's up to debate if he actually did discover it.

所以，哥伦布获得了发现美洲的殊荣，但对于这个问题，人们仍然争论不休。

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In the preface to his largest book, the Discourses on Livy, he compares himself to Christopher Columbus for his discovery of what he calls " "new modes and orders."

在他最大一部著作，《论利瓦伊》的序言中，他将自己和哥伦布相比,因为他发现,其所谓的，“新模式与秩序“

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